Nashorn Units??

[ViKinG]

Does anybody have a list of units that operated the Nashorn?? Some pics with those units would be nice as well.

Thanks in advance

Viking

[FANGIO]

You can find some info and pics here:
http://www.panzerworld.net/OOB_Stug.htm
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/pz2.htm
http://www.military.cz/panzer/tanks/ger ... dex_en.htm

from http://www.panzerworld.net/oob-stug.html

schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung
Total strength of the Abteilung was
Nashorn or Jagdpanther: 28-37
Armoured cars: 6
Total: 34-43

Organization
Abteilung HQ
Command vehicle (Nashorn or Jagdpanther)
Transport column
Medical unit
Fla. zug
Recovery
Grenadier escort Kompanie

I. Kompanie
Kompanie services
Armoured cars (2)
1. Zug (3-4 Nashorns or Jagdpanthers)
2. Zug (3-4 Nashorns or Jagdpanthers)
3. Zug (3-4 Nashorns or Jagdpanthers)

II. Kompanie
Kompanie services
Armoured cars (2)
1. Zug (3-4 Nashorns or Jagdpanthers)
2. Zug (3-4 Nashorns or Jagdpanthers)
3. Zug (3-4 Nashorns or Jagdpanthers)

III. Kompanie
Kompanie services
Armoured cars (2)
1. Zug (3-4 Nashorns or Jagdpanthers)
2. Zug (3-4 Nashorns or Jagdpanthers)
3. Zug (3-4 Nashorns or Jagdpanthers)

[Paul Hanson]

Again, another post on AFV-News from the prolific Ron Klages. I wish he'd step up and take a bow for his magnificent work:


Karl,
The following information comes from the excelent publication Nuts and Bolts Vol. 14 on the Nashorn.

s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 655 [total of 54]
6 shipped on 7May43
4 shipped on 14May43
8 shipped on 27Jul43
5 shipped on 31Oct43
5 shipped on 3Nov43
5 shipped on 1Dec43
11 shipped on 9Dec43
10 shipped on 10Mar44

s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 560 [total of 34]
6 shipped on 14May43
9 shipped on 17May43
5 shipped on 30Sep43
5 shipped on 31Oct43
5 shipped on 28Nov43
4 shipped on 3Feb44

s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 525 [total of 90]
3 shipped on 22May43
7 shipped on 2Jun43
10 shipped on 19Jun43
10 shipped on 1Jul43
8 shipped on 2Jul43
7 shipped on 10Jul43
5 shipped on 26May44
15 shipped on 13Sep44
5 shipped on 23Sep44
10 shipped on 15Oct44
10 shipped on 9Nov44

PzJg.Ers.Abt. 43 [2 total]
2 shipped on 20May43

Pz.Jg.Ers.Abt. 3 [1 total]
1 shipped on 18May43

Pz.Tr.Schule Wünsdorf [2 total]
2 shipped on 21May43

Insp. der PzTrp. [10 total]
1 shipped on 9Aug43
2 shipped on 10Aug43
1 shipped on 13Aug43
3 shipped on 23Aug43
3 shipped on 31Aug43

Pz.Jg.Ausb.Abt. 43 [1 total]
1 shipped on 1Jun43

Waffenamt [total of 1]
1 shipped on 15Jun43

s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 93 [total of 85]
16 shipped on 29Jul43
10 shipped on 4Aug43
10 shipped on 18Aug43
9 shipped on 10Sep43
5 shipped on 30Nov43
10 shipped on 30Jan44
5 shipped on 3May44
10 shipped on 5Jul44
10 shipped on 1Aug44

s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 519 [total of 60]
10 shipped on 30Sept43
6 shipped on 31Oct43
5 shipped on 5Nov43
18 shipped on 6Nov43
6 shipped on 18Nov43
5 shipped on 22Mar44
5 shipped on 1Apr44
5 shipped on 12Jun44

s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 88 [total of 78]
4 shipped on 9Dec43
11 shipped on 19Dec43
3 shipped on 6Jan44
16 shipped on 14Jan44
10 shipped on 17Jun44
10 shipped on 9Aug44
10 shipped on 26Aug44
10 shipped on 1Sep44
4 shipped on 11Mar45

II./Pz.Rgt. 2 [total of 22]
10 shipped on 29Nov44
12 shipped on 1Dec44

s.Pz.Jg.Kp. 669 [total of 17]
4 shipped on 13Jan45
13 shipped on 10Feb45

Wa.Prüf. [total of 1]
1 shipped on 8Nov43

The number of Nashorns on the rolls as of 30Dec44 was as follows:
1PzDiv. =4
sHPJA 88=48
sHPJKp 669=25
sHPJA 664=9
2SSPzDiv.=20 This is questionable since the autors could find no other reference to this unit having the Nashorn.
1./sHPJA 525=10
1./sHPJA 93=12
sHPJA 525=37
Total of 165

The organization of sPJAs was three companies each with 14 Nashorns plus 3 in the stab for a total of 45. The unit also had 3 SdKfz 7/1 with 20mm quad flakguns.

The following units replaced their Nashorns with the vehicles noted below as reported on 22Jan45.
s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 559 with 18 Jagdpanthers on 30Dec44
s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 560 with 20 Jagdpanthers and 31 Jagdpanzer IV on 15Dec44
s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 655 with 31 Jagdpanzer IV on 30Dec44
s.H.Pz.Jg.Abt. 519 with 25 Jagdpanthers on 30Dec44

A total of 494 Nashorns were built during the war and the shipping records account for 458 of the vehicles.

Nuts and Bolts puts out excellent publications covering individual vehicles with history, organization, allocation and many many pictures. You can get them from JJ Fedorwitz. Go to the following address for their site.

http://www.jjfpub.mb.ca/

Hope this gives you the answers you were seeking
best regards
Ron Klages
Seattle Washington USA


PH

[ViKinG]

Wow..thanks great info! I forgot I even had this thread going

Viking

[Xavier]

Ave forum...

check this thread by the evil commisar on schwere Heeres-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 88:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... n&start=15

also another thread started by the evil commisar on Nashorn factoids, including some comments on the Nashorn Ace, Albert Ernst.

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... ht=nashorn

regards

Xavier
Instandsetzungtruppfuhrer

[tigre]

Hello to all ; a complement..................................

Panzerjäger Nashorn / Sd. Kfz. 164!

Most of these tank destroyer detachments were deployed in the Eastern Front and, to a lesser extent, in Italy in sPanzerjägerabteilungen 88, 93, 519, 525, 560 and 655. Each detachment was composed of three companies, each with 14 tank destroyers, and had, in addition to 3 reserve tanks, an objective stock of 45 tank destroyers. The first mission took place in the summer of 1943 at the Battle of Kursk.

A Panzerjägerkompanie of Nashorn was composed of:

Company HQ (1 officer, 7 NCOs, 8 enlisted men):
Coy Commander / Panzerjägerführer, gunner, loader, radio operator, driver (Panzer 01)
Panzerjägerführer, gunner, loader, radio operator, driver (Panzer 02)
Chief Company troop, driver (in a medium-sized all-terrain vehicle)
3 Dispatch raiders (2 motorcycles and 1 motorcycle with sidecar)

1st Platoon (1 officer, 13 non-commissioned officers, 17 enlisted men):
Pl Commander, observer non-commissioned officer, driver (in light all-terrain vehicle)
Dispatch raider (on a motorcycle with sidecar)
Panzerjägerführer, gunner, loader, radio operator, driver (Panzer 11)
Panzerjägerführer, gunner, loader, radio operator, driver (Panzer 12)
Panzerjägerführer, gunner, loader, radio operator, driver (Panzer 13)
Panzerjägerführer, gunner, loader, radio operator, driver (Panzer 14)
2 drivers (in 2 caterpillar 2t trucks, open for ammunition)
1 driver (in a truck 3 tons for ammunition).

2nd platoon idem (Panzer 21-24)
3rd Platoon idem (Panzer 31-34)

Repair group (3 NCOs, 15 enlisted men)
10 tank mechanics
2 tank radio mechanics
2 ordnance mechanics
1 driver (in a light maintenance vehicle, Kfz.2 / 40)
1 driver (in a truck 3 t for spare parts)
1 driver (in a truck 3 t for workshop equipment, equipment for the Kfz.I group)
1 driver / mechanic (in half-track 2t, open).

Relay group (2 NCOs, 5 soldiers)
Panzerjägerführer, gunner, loader, radio operators, 2 motorist drivers (3 t truck)

Combat train (6 NCOs, 14 soldiers)
Hauptfeldwebel, driver (in a light all-terrain vehicle), chief mechanic, chief gunsmith, chief gunsmith assistant, 4 HiWis, equipment officer, driver (in truck 3 t, for equipment), 2 drivers (in 2 trucks 4.5 t, for fuel), 2 drivers (in 2 trucks 4.5 t, for ammunition)
Field kitchen officer, field cook, HiWi, driver (3 t truck, for large field kitchen)
NCO Nurse, stretcher / driver (motorcycle with sidecar)
Baggage train (1 non-commissioned officer, 3 soldiers)
Chief accountant, shoemaker, tailor, driver (in 1.5 t truck, for baggage)

Source: https://verschwiegenegeschichtedrittesr ... zerjaeger/
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Schwere-Panzerj ... 0009.m1982

Cheers. Raúl M .